Civic Issues
The gated community National Media Centre (NMC) on the Gurgaon Expressway has moved the court seeking stay on the acquisition, also sought police protection. The land Huda was claiming to take control of from NMC was the property of the society in the revenue record. “The matter has been moved in the division bench of [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Sukhdev Vihar spar in court over waste-to-energy plant. Another twist witnessed during the ongoing hearing in the Delhi High Court on Monday. While the counsel for the Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA) adduced a note claiming that the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) had given a consent to run it in January last [...] Continue Reading »
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has made it mandatory for an allottee to plant a few evergreen trees in their premises.The rule holds true not only for residential areas, but commercial, institutional and industrial plots as well. All allottees have to fulfill this condition. If you are planning to construct a house in [...] Continue Reading »
Over one lakh illegal buildings in Chennai not only cause a strain on civic infrastructure but also attack the foundations of a law-governed society. Areas like Sowcarpet, T Nagar and Mylapore, continue to add more FSI, causing congestion in narrow bylanes, clogging of sewer lines, and reducing water supply in pipelines. In areas like Adyar, [...] Continue Reading »
The Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) has decided to install solar-wind hybrid LED streetlights in its jurisdiction. Hybrid LED streetlights in SCB cantonment area would reduce electricity bills in the cantonment area. For the first time in the country, the SCB has decided to use this technology. A US-based firm has come forward to install 10 [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Delhi-NCR won’t witness broken roads this monsoon. The civic agency claimed it has improved the methods used to maintain city roads. MCD Delhi also said it has adopted methods of specification like its civic counterpart CPWD, to test the material used for the repair of roads so that no contractor allows use of [...] Continue Reading »
Fund-crunched BBMP Bangalore started serving notices property tax defaulters. In the first phase of the drive, the focus is more on the properties that have to pay tax to the tune of more than Rs one lakh. BBMP has started serving notices to property tax defaulters in Mahadevapura zone. There are 180 such properties in [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the high demand and Hyderabad city is reeling under a water crisis, demand for water tankers is almost on par. As monsoon continues to play truant and water supply remains erratic, the wait for water tankers is becoming longer. Some residents also allege that priority is being given to commercial customers who are [...] Continue Reading »
Soon, Delhiites will be able to get floor-wise building plans sanctioned from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). People will not have to take the permission from other occupants of the building before carrying out any alteration on their floors. The new guidelines include waiving of the condition of ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the owners [...] Continue Reading »
Civic organizations and corporators want the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to stop the ongoing projects of builders who have not sought completion certificates for the buildings they have completed earlier. Without a completion certificate, the owners will have to pay a fine of 20 % of the total construction cost, fine to regularize illegal constructions [...] Continue Reading »
